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Alpine Skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games:

Women's Giant Slalom

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Host City: Sapporo, Japan
Venue(s): Mount Teine, Mount Teine
Date Started: February 8, 1972
Date Finished: February 8, 1972

Gold: SUI Marie-Theres Nadig
Silver: AUT Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Bronze: AUT Wiltrud Drexel

Summary

Three days after losing the downhill in an upset to Marie-Theres Nadig, Austrian favorite Annemarie Pröll, World Cup giant slalom champion in 1971-72, expected to atone for her loss to Nadig. Pröll was the second starter and took the lead with 1:30.75, 1.6 seconds better than the first starter, Austrian teammate Wiltrud Drexel. Those two times would hold up for the silver and bronze medals. But starting 10th was Nadig, who again surprised the ski world by winning a second gold medal, with a time of 1:29.90. Nadig was only 17 in 1972, but would eventually win 24 World Cup races, and skied competitively into the early 80s, winning the overall World Cup title in 1981.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal T
1 Marie-Theres Nadig 17 Switzerland SUI Gold 1:29.90
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll 18 Austria AUT Silver 1:30.75
3 Wiltrud Drexel 21 Austria AUT Bronze 1:32.35
4 Laurie Kreiner 17 Canada CAN 1:32.48
5 Rosi Speiser 20 West Germany FRG 1:32.56
6 Florence Steurer 22 France FRA 1:32.59
7 Divina Galica 27 Great Britain GBR 1:32.72
8 Britt Lafforgue 23 France FRA 1:32.80
9 Traudl Treichl 21 West Germany FRG 1:33.08
10 Marta Bühler 20 Liechtenstein LIE 1:33.15
11 Barbara Cochran 21 United States USA 1:33.16
12 Rosi Mittermaier 21 West Germany FRG 1:33.39
13 Monika Kaserer 19 Austria AUT 1:33.42
14 Gina Hathorn 25 Great Britain GBR 1:33.57
15 Diane Pratte 18 Canada CAN 1:33.59
16 Michèle Jacot 20 France FRA 1:33.61
17 Toril Førland 17 Norway NOR 1:34.15
18 Bernadette Zurbriggen 15 Switzerland SUI 1:34.17
19 Anne Brusletto 21 Norway NOR 1:34.43
20 Marilyn Cochran 21 United States USA 1:35.27
21 Isabelle Mir 22 France FRA 1:35.30
22 Harue Okitsu 22 Japan JPN 1:35.33
23 Karen Budge 22 United States USA 1:35.57
24 Judy Crawford 20 Canada CAN 1:35.60
25 Pamela Behr 15 West Germany FRG 1:35.87
26 Valentina Iliffe 15 Great Britain GBR 1:36.68
27 Karianne Christiansen 22 Norway NOR 1:37.18
28 Gyri Sørensen 20 Norway NOR 1:37.32
29 Carolyne Oughton 19 Canada CAN 1:38.29
30 Miyuki Katagiri 23 Japan JPN 1:39.11
31 Svetlana Isakova 19 Soviet Union URS 1:40.20
32 Emiko Okazaki 22 Japan JPN 1:40.37
33 Nina Merkulova 26 Soviet Union URS 1:41.18
34 Galina Shikhova 31 Soviet Union URS 1:43.74
35 Carol Blackwood 18 Great Britain GBR 1:43.96
AC Gertrud Gabl 23 Austria AUT DNF
AC Lotta Sollander 18 Sweden SWE DNF
AC Silvia Stump 18 Switzerland SUI DNF
AC Sandy Poulsen 19 United States USA DQ
AC Conchita Puig 19 Spain ESP [1:33.46] DQ
AC Rita Good 20 Switzerland SUI DQ
AC Mitsuyo Nagumo 20 Japan JPN DQ